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Landmark home built before Great Chicago Fire damaged in fire

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

CHICAGO — Fire crews battled a fire at one of the oldest homes in Chicago early Thursday morning. The fire started around 1 a.m. on the top floor of the Seth P. Warner House in the 600 block of North Central. The two people inside the home were able to make it out safely and no other injuries were reported.The 150-year-old home was damaged in the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Diver opens OnlyFans account to pay for Olympics training

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As a prominent 10-meter diver, Diego Balleza is used to wearing small swimsuits that show off his body. Now, desperate because of a lack of financial resources ahead of next year's Paris Olympics, the Mexican is making a leap to a different platform in which he also wears few clothes: OnlyFans.Balleza is one of several Mexican athletes who have been affected by a dispute between World Aquatics and Ana Guevara, the head of Mexico's national sports commission that, since January, has stopped providing monthly payments for aquatics athletes. World Aquatics suspended the president of the Mexican federation, Kiril Todorov, and appointed a commission to take charge while new elections were held.Todorov was suspended for the failure of the Mexican Swimming Federation to comply with the governing body's good governance standards. But Guevara refused to recognize the commission even though the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the change.Guevara, a runner who won a ...

H-E-B to open Nutty Brown store soon channeling site's musical history

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- Halfway through 2023, H-E-B LP is getting ready to open its third new store in the Austin area.The retail bellwether now notes on its website that its Nutty Brown store, at 12225 U.S. 290 West on the way to Dripping Springs, is set to debut July 5. The 103,000-square-foot store will use building materials and showcase memorabilia from the iconic music venue it replaced — Nutty Brown Amphitheater, which shuttered in November 2021. A spiritual successor from the same owner, the Round Rock Amphitheater, opened last year.H-E-B purchased the land in 2005 and began construction in 2022.Read the full story at Austin Business Journal.

Risk of strong storms mixed with dangerous heat

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Same song, different verse. Get ready for another day of intense heat and humidity across Central Texas. Scratch that -- many days of intense heat and humidity. Expert: Texas heatwave 'driven by climate change' 'Feels like' temps approaching 110° in some areas Thursday afternoonOur recent Heat Advisory has now been extended until 8 p.m. Friday for 'feels like' temps up to 114°. Dangerous heat and humidity will continue to be the top concern areawide - be sure to frequently check in on friends, family and neighbors, particularly seniors, children, etc.Heat Advisory extended until 8 p.m. FridayA few isolated to spotty storms will attempt to develop late this afternoon into the evening hours. Although they'll need to overcome quite a bit to even get going, once formed, there won't be much to hold 'em back from dropping hail and kicking out strong winds.Low risk of strong to severe storms in parts of Central Texas Thursday afternoon & eveningHigh humidity mixing w...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: My Husband Isn't Carrying His Weight With Housework!

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Charlotte, and it's about housework. Here's her email: Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Hi Jaime. I have a real dilemma. When my husband and I started our family, I put my career on hold to be home with the kids, which meant I took care of them and looked after the house. Once they were both in school, I went back to work, and my husband and I split household duties. Then the pandemic happened and my husband was laid off. It worked out pretty well because I made enough to support us and he was able to be home with the kids while they were out of school, and do the household chores. When they went back, he started looking for a job and immediately stopped doing most of the housework. He still hasn’t found a job yet and thinks that looking for a job is a full-time job, so he should only have to do half the work at home, like we did when we were both employed. I...

Albany man gets 11-22 years in domestic violence case

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An Albany man was sentenced to 11-22 years in state prison on Wednesday. In May, Ryan Critcher was convicted of nine charges relating to a domestic violence case. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the Albany County District Attorney's Office, on or about July 12, 2021, Critcher violated an order of protection issued on behalf of a victim at a Central Avenue home in Colonie. Authorities say Critcher had a sledgehammer with the intent to use it against a different victim. Sequentially, authorities say Critcher, on or about November 30, 2021, violated an order of protection and injured that same victim in the area of Besch Avenue in Albany. The Albany County District Attorney's Office says Critcher would go on to violate an order of protection between December 8, 2021, and May 19, 2022, by repeatedly attempting to contact the victim.

Ask Amy: Sister ponders going “no-contact”

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

Dear Amy: I am the youngest of three sisters and have always had a rough relationship with my mom and sisters.I don’t fit in. They are all about drama.Recently, I received a call from my dad, asking me to visit.I was so stressed out the night before that I didn’t sleep. That morning, I almost threw up from so much anxiety about it. I never know what I’ll say that will set one of them off. Then the others follow suit.I can’t ask them questions. Anything I do say gets used against me.I have tried to give them a taste of their own medicine, but that only seems to increase the bullying.I want them in my life because they are my parents and sisters, but I don’t want to walk on eggshells around them.We have gone two years without talking before, and recently we went over a year with no contact.The times I didn’t have them in my life were amazing. My relationship with my husband flourished. I wasn’t stressed. My daughters did well because I was happy enough to...

Kosovo PM presents plan to defuse tensions in Serb-majority area

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

Kosovo's prime minister (pictured) on Tuesday (13 June) presented a plan to defuse tensions in its Serb-majority north that would include fresh local elections and cuts in special police, bowing to pressure from key Western supporters of its independence.But the arrest the same day of a Serb identified by the Kosovo Albanian interior minister as an organiser of assaults on NATO peacekeepers during Serb unrest last month stirred fresh anger in the volatile region.Around 200 Serbs gathered in North Mitrovica to protest against the arrest, with Kosovo Albanian police in anti-riot gear standing a few hundred metres away. US soldiers with the KFOR peacekeeping force were also in the vicinity.During the operation to arrest Milun Milenkovic, three Kosovo Albanian policemen were lightly injured, Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said on his Facebook page.Some 30 peacekeepers and 52 Serbs were injured in the clashes late last month after ethnic Albanian mayors took office following a local ele...

Santiago: Tee time with the traitor, how Miami rolls for indicted Trump

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

He’s had trouble finding a first-class attorney to represent him at his Miami arraignment. His White House associates are now witnesses. His vice president is running against him.But Miami, oh Miami — alleged capital of democratic yearnings for the rest of the hemisphere — is staging a love fest for America’s caudillo in his darkest hour.The special counsel bringing Donald Trump to justice said the ex-president “put our country at risk.”But that Trump has been indicted on 37 felony counts of documented treasonous behavior — grave acts like bragging about possessing a military plan to invade Iran, knowingly stealing thousands of classified documents and storing them at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing justice instead of returning them — is only fuel to show him more adoration.“We love you!” a woman in an unmistakably rhythmic Miami accent kept shrieking as Trump entered his hotel in Doral Monday for an overnight stay before his arraignment Tuesday at the downtown Mi...

Single family residence sells in Palo Alto for $4.9 million

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:16:52 GMT

890 Marshall Drive – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 800 block of Marshall Drive in Palo Alto has a new owner. The 3,205-square-foot property, built in 1989, was sold on June 1, 2023. The $4,860,000 purchase price works out to $1,516 per square foot. The property features four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a garage, and two parking spaces. It sits on an 8,060-square-foot lot, which also has a pool.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:A 1,351-square-foot home on the 800 block of Moreno Avenue in Palo Alto sold in May 2023, for $3,300,000, a price per square foot of $2,443. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In July 2022, a 3,415-square-foot home on Marshall Drive in Palo Alto sold for $7,700,000, a price per square foot of $2,255. The home has 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms.On Celia Drive, Palo Alto, in March 2023, a 1,594-square-foot home was sold for $3,100,000, a price per square foot of $1,945. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.Related Article...